Young Persons Worker

Location: Sandwell, West Midlands

Salary: £24,309.07 per annum (pro-rata)

Contract/Hours: Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 2026 - Part Time - 18.5 hours a week, across 3 days per week.

Benefits:

• Generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help. Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you’ll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK. Last year, we helped more than 687,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children? Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It’s the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role. We provide the Blues programme to 11-19-year-olds young people in schools, colleges and sixth forms across Worcestershire. We are looking for a motivated Young Person's Practitioner who is committed to supporting young people's mental health to deliver this service in Hereford/Worcestershire. You will be part of a national programme across Action for Children’s four nations. We also deliver a range of mental health and wellbeing programmes and workshops called Bouncing Back, which include exam stress, and resilience. 1 in 10 children in every classroom suffer from a diagnosable mental health disorder. The Blues is an evidenced based CBT influenced programme to support the reduction of anxiety & depression in young people using an early intervention model.

As a Young Persons Worker, you’ll be:

• Supporting a team of practitioners to deliver a range of emotional health and wellbeing interventions.
• Delivering group work and individual support.
• Equipping service users with skills in order to manage emotional wellbeing.
• Working in partnership with Sandwell community providers such as education, the voluntary sector and health services.

Our job description outlines the requirements of the role but the 'must-haves' are:

• Level 2 Social Care or equivalent qualification.
• Experience of delivering evidenced-based interventions.
• Experience of working with children and young people and families.
• A commitment to supporting emotional and mental health and act as an ambassador for this.
• Access to a vehicle is essential for travel across the Sandwell area.

Good to know. Application Process: Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion: At Action for Children, we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.